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GinaMaria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 04:47 PM Original message |
Obama Admin. Releases Stockpile of Antiflu Virus Drug |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
1. "Government is the problem". |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
2. this is probably premature, IMO... |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 04:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. People tend to panic, so let them get the shots and go home happy. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 05:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. It's all a trick so he can take your guns! |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 05:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. LMAO I don't have any guns. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 05:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. You only THINK you didn't have any guns. Obama made you forget you had them. |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 05:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. tamiflu isn't used as a prophylactic.... |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 05:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I'm worried that our reserves will be used up and THEN a really bad flu will hit. |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 05:13 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. yup, that's my concern too.... |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 05:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. Only a partial release |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 09:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
34. From where? Bird flu doesn't respond to Tamiflu. |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 10:14 AM Response to Reply #34 |
47. Yes it does in most countries |
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Baby Snooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 05:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. And shouldn't be used as a prophylactic... |
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razors edge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 06:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
29. We would be better off |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 06:57 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Rumsfeld didn't "come up" with tamiflu.... |
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SoCalDemGrrl (786 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 12:47 AM Response to Reply #3 |
45. I'm not an expert, but Tamiflu is an oral medication -not a shot-also it is |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 10:14 AM Response to Reply #3 |
48. Tamiflu is pills in a blister pack of ten. nt |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 05:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Politics play a part, but it's also a useful exercise- call it a dry run |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 09:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
37. These are released to public health centers and hospitals, who evaluate the symptoms. |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 10:11 AM Response to Reply #2 |
46. The WHO is meeting at 4pm Geneva time today |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
9. Antiflu virus drugs had no effect in Mexico |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 05:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Don't bother with facts when people are in the throes of mass hysteria. Never waste a good crisis. |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 09:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
35. You know, the one thing that never helps in panic? Sarcasm. |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 05:18 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. that's not consistent with what I've heard.... |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 09:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
36. Yes, I heard that too. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 05:21 PM Response to Reply #9 |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 05:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. That's not what I read on the BBC |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 05:26 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. That was just a chat show this morning GMT +1 / BST |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 05:30 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Could be, like snooks noted- the patients weren't treated during the window period |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 05:28 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. thanks for the infomation - K and R |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 05:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. Nt what was reported on the news here. They said matter of factly tamiflu cures it. period. |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 06:03 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I heard that reported |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 06:05 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. exactly. |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 09:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
38. That isn't what I heard. I wonder if those particular doctors didn't adminisered it on time. |
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diva77 (999 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
24. is this vaccine being provided by Gilead, the company Rumsfeld chaired '97-'01? |
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bluesmail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 06:55 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Wondering that also. Gilead. Gilead Gilead Gilead |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 10:34 PM Response to Reply #24 |
44. Just another example rats advancing medical science. . . |
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onethatcares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
25. so we're gonna get the symptoms and race to the doctors? |
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quidam56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
26. You know there's going to be a lot of parents and kids in the ER |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 10:13 PM Response to Reply #26 |
42. Actually, if they could stop the secondary bacterial pneumonia, they'll lower the flu's deathrate. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
27. Oh noes! |
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Baby Snooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
28. It is now unofficially a pandemic... |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 09:56 PM Response to Reply #28 |
40. Masks are pretty effective according to what I've read. nt. |
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iandhr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
32. man there taking this seriously |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 09:54 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. I don't know. Flu, high death rate, unseasonable outbreak, uncontainable, in multiple states? |
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winyanstaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
33. We are soooooooooo lucky to have Tamiflu!! It just happens to work.. |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
41. I'm shocked! Swift, rational action by our President? After Bush . . . |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
43. It's past time they approved Sebelius. |
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